GWINN — The Gwinn High School girls basketball team defended its home court Tuesday night, quieting Iron Mountain in the first half as they held on for a low-scoring 33-27 win. Gwinn head coach Ben Olsen said the game plan was to shut down Iron Mountain star Riley Paupore. “We were ...
ESCANABA — Gavin Peacock provided an unexpected scoring option for the Escanaba Eskymos on Tuesday night. Peacock came off the bench when Jared Nash got into early foul trouble and provided a first-quarter spark for the Eskymos, who used that ignition to romp past Gwinn 75-47 in a ...
NORWAY — Freshman Madelyn Koski’s deft free-throw shooting in the fourth quarter was enough to enable Westwood to hold on for a 54-53 road victory over previously undefeated Norway in a Mid-Peninsula Conference game on Tuesday night. Koski made 13 of 14 free throws in the fourth quarter ...
ISHPEMING — A full-court press and a lot of trips to the free-throw line helped Gladstone pull off a 59-51 comeback victory at Westwood High School in a boys basketball game played Monday night. The Patriots led through most of the first three quarters, including 12-9 after one, 26-15 at ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Carson Wonders was a perfect 17 of 17 at the free throw line as he scored 32 points to lead Iron Mountain past Ishpeming 63-48 in a Mid-Peninsula boys basketball game on Monday. The Mountaineers (16-2, 8-2 M-PC) were anchored by Carson Wonders’ 32 points and 17 of 17 ...
ISHPEMING — The Westwood High School girls basketball team met one of their preseason goals on Monday night after defeating Iron Mountain 44-35. “We wanted to double the number of wins we had last year,” Patriots coach Kurt Corcoran said about improving from five wins a year ago to a ...
GLADSTONE — The Ishpeming girls basketball team warmed up for next week’s Class C district tournament with a solid 57-41 nonconference win Monday at Gladstone. Khora Swanson scored 24 points as the Hematites led from start to finish. “We were about to get a bigger lead, but I thought ...
UPSSA Basketball Polls (1st-place votes listed in parentheses) BOYS Class ABC W-L Pts Pvs 1. Marquette (6) 16-1 34 T1 2. Iron Mountain (1) 15-2 27 T1 3. Norway 16-1 23 3 4. Negaunee 12-4 14 5 5. Gladstone 12-4 6 4 Others receiving ...
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MARQUETTE — Coaches have been named and the schedule determined for the 10th anniversary of the Upper Peninsula Football All-Star Game in June at the Superior Dome in Marquette. With this year’s game shifting away from geographical teams, instead a draft by coaches will be held on ...
MARQUETTE — May Waters of Negaunee High School was a decisive all-around champion at the Reach Your Peak Invitiational high school gymnastics meet held by Peak Gymnastics and Fitness on Saturday in Marquette. Waters totaled 32.16 points while winning the vault with a score of 8.43, Bars ...
HOUGHTON — L’Anse defeated Negaunee 2-1 in a shootout after the teams tied 6-6 in regulation during the third-place game of the Lake Superior Hockey Conference tournament held Saturday at Michigan Tech University. Other details of the game weren’t available, though the Purple Hornets’ ...
MARQUETTE — No matter what the sport, dynasties come to an end eventually. But the Marquette Redmen’s reign at the top will continue for another year after Saturday’s Upper Peninsula high school boys swimming and diving finals. Marquette dominated the competition again as the Redmen ...
MARQUETTE — Sometimes just one event can make the difference between a happiness and devastation. That was what happened at the Upper Peninsula high school girls swimming and diving finals at Marquette Senior Higih School on Saturday. Heading into the final event, Houghton led Marquette ...
By JULIE GOLDBERG Journal Sports Writer WESTWOOD — Negaunee didn’t have a chance to think about Thursday night’s loss to Marquette with Westwood up next the following night. After losing the heartbreaker the night before, the Miners boys basketball team rebounded by beating ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette scored a 43-40 girls basketball victory over Houghton at home Thursday night to avenge a double-overtime loss to the Gremlins earlier this month. The Redettes also handed Houghton, the No. 1 Class ABC team in the Upper Peninsula, its first loss of the season as it now ...
NEGAUNEE — Fans may have gotten even more than they expected out of the Negaunee and Marquette boys basketball teams at Lakeview Memorial Gymnasium on Thursday night. For one thing, they got a fifth quarter as the Miners and Redmen needed overtime before Marquette came out on top ...
ESCANABA — It seemed as though Marissa Maino couldn’t miss for most of Thursday night. The senior forward sank six 3-point shots and finished with 26 points, leading the Ishpeming girls past Escanaba 60-48 in a non-conference basketball game. Maino drained four trifectas in the second ...
NORWAY — Norway achieved a long-anticipated goal on Thursday, clinching its first outright girls basketball title in the Mid-Peninsula Conference since 1985 with a 54-34 victory over Gwinn. The unbeaten Knights (18-0, 11-0 M-PC) charged out to a 21-5 lead in the first quarter. “We’ve ...
MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Swimming and Diving Finals come back to Marquette Senior High School for the fifth consecutive year today and Saturday. The diving finals will be held this afternoon, with the girls beginning about 2:30 p.m. and the boys to follow. Each diver performs four ...